Political Quotes

“Madam President, let me associate myself with the remarks of my colleague from Connecticut, Senator Blumenthal, as well as the majority leader, who was here earlier today, and Senator Klobuchar--all speaking on behalf of our nominee to head the ATF, as well as Senator Blumenthal's remarks on behalf of Fairfield, CT, resident James Comey to be the head of the FBI. Very few agencies, other than the ATF and the FBI, are more intricately involved in the preservation of the health and safety of the American public, and we deserve to have votes on those nominees tonight and this week. But I also want to associate myself with the other remarks Senator Klobuchar made. She talked about our obligation as a body to reverse these very damaging sequester cuts to NIH funding for medical research, and she listed some very compelling stories about men and women who have had their lives saved, preserved, lengthened because of discoveries made through medical research. It is a reminder to the Senate and to the House--to anyone who treads upon these two floors--that we hold life and death in our hands with the decisions we make. We decide when we choose to fund or not fund the NIH as to whether we are going to give life to people who are waiting on those kinds of cures and treatments. But, similarly, we make decisions about life and death when we choose not to act, when we choose to do nothing, to sit pat.…”